[AT] OT modern computer controlls

[Henry Miller]

I'm an employee of John deere, but I don't speak for them. 

This article is misrepresenting the situation. People claim they just
want to fix things, but when you really press then in it they will admit
what they really want is to disable all the emissions controls and/or
get more power. Of course John deere isn't going to agree to that, nor
will any competitor. The way the law is written the EPA will be after
deere for anyone who modifies their tractor 

If you want to work on your tractor, all the codes are in a book that
you can order.  Any heavy duty scan tool which your autoparts store will
sell you will read the codes. That is enough to do most repairs.  It
isn't enough to replace an ecu, but since that only comes from deere,
the dealer should provide the programming. 

-- 
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017, at 01:20 PM, Don wrote:
> I read this morning that John Deere is going after some eastern European 
> hackers who are distributing hacked software to allow users to fix their 
> own tractors.   The article indicated that if someone other than the 
> dealer were to replace say a transmission it is necessary to call out a 
> John Deere tech for several hundred dollars to spend a couple of minutes 
> with a computer to make things work.  Many companies such as John Deere 
> and GM are hiding under the DCMA to prevent users from repairing their 
> own equipment.
> 
> John Deere and many others are fighting "Right to Repair" laws all over 
> the country.  These laws would require manufacturers such as John Deere, 
> Sony, Apple to provide tools, parts, and documentation to allow people 
> to repair their own equipment.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Don Bowen       --AD0NB--
> 
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